Dispatch number two: The State of Science in 2025 Join us for Salon de Résistance on September 25 at Black Iris for a conversation about science in America. Scientific progress shouldn't be optional. From vaccines and clean energy to space exploration and evolutionary...
Henry Haggard began volunteering with the ACLU after an online fight. Bored on a long summer day, the middle schooler was browsing YouTube, looking for videos to challenge his political views. Instead, he found a group of online bullies who responded to his detailed points with cruelty and name-calling. “They called me autistic,” he tells us when...
Political communications is half art, half science, and half knowing how to exploit the vulnerabilities of your opponent, while not inadvertently exploiting your own in the process. There is a reason why political communications are seemingly so boring and formulaic. It takes a certain kind of person to run for elected politics (not a compliment)...
*This story has been updated as of 9 PM. Days of tension broke on Saturday as the neo-Confederate rally came to a peaceful end. Police have since reported seven arrests; one for disorderly conduct, two related to possession of weapons, and four for wearing masks in public. One woman was detained by police during a spirited verbal debate, and the...
The neo-Confederate rally this weekend is shaping into a larger, messier situation. Richmond Police hosted a series of briefings and forums Thursday night to share information, and CSA rally co-organizer Tara Brandau held a press conference this morning to answer questions about their plans. The presser was short and mostly a reiteration of the...
*This is a developing story. Saturday's neo-Confederate rally is shaping into a larger event, with an announcement from Black Lives Matter of Greater New York (BLM NY) that they'll be attending. The group is seeking donations via GoFundMe to purchase protective gear for the rally. They've posted the following brief statement on Facebook and...
The Justice Department announced recently that it is going to end the Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country if they fulfilled certain requirements. Recipients of DACA, often called DREAMers, are young people who were...
Richmond is on edge due to the imminent arrival of an out-of-state pro-Confederate group rallying in support of the Lee statue on Monument Avenue this Saturday. Local clergy and church groups, along with the Richmond Peace Education Center, describe the effort as white supremacist and are organizing a march for racial equality in support....
*This is a developing story According to the Daily Progress in Charlottesville, a group of about 100 student protestors has covered the statue of Thomas Jefferson that adorns the University of Virginia (UVA) Rotunda in black - a move that parodied the city of Charlottesville's decision to cover the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in...
This past Wednesday, the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) launched a new online quiz to assist all your gubernatorial decision-making needs. This short, two-minute quiz will match you to one of the three different governor candidates based on a series of 16 questions in three different categories. Questions were accumulated from a diverse...
